Recent content by SeanMK

Not sure if this was the right spot for this.....but. Just got a piece of cruwear. For a knife for a friend. I've been through two bandsaw blades, attempting to cut out the rough shape before I start with the belt grinder. 2in.wide. was sheared to length. Unsure if it was cut with...

I now have a heat treat oven. New to this part. In the past it's been 1084 and forge. I will use heat treat foil on air hardening steels. The question I have, on oil quench steels , do I NEED to use the foil? Or when quenching do I need to take blade out of the foil before putting in...

You guys are a big help, gave me some new avenues to explore. This one is diferent than most. She is not into flashy, and she got out of an abusive relationship where she was the homemakker, AND breadwinner. I thought this would be a good way to SHOW that I care. And she loved the idea...

I know, this is a knife forum, and if you need to delte or move this, im ok with that. Do any of you knifemakers make wedding bands. I was looking at forging bands for myself and my SO, so it would be special. I would be OK with plain old blade steel, but would like something at least...

Chart and MVE are 2 manufacturers that I know of. There may be more but those two are the majors ones that we buy our vessels from(though you probably wont be able to go direct). The larger vessel capacity, will help keep your N2 from gassing on as fast. I have 3 customer that use 10l vessels...

Does anyone have any experience with the edge master 1 x 30 grinder system. Im more curious in it, as I have the same HF grinder that they show. Just curious as to what thier "kit" comes with that makes it 199$ Additionally I thought that it would be too fast. any thoughts would be...

Thats very nice. I am currently working on mine, and you have made some of the mods that I was thinking of. good to know that it will work.

Im newbie to this whole knifemaking hobby, but what are the advantages of a variable speed grinder? And im in the process of building a 2 x 72, and will be going with the step pulleys for now, any advantage between a 3 step and 4 step pulley?

Oh no, I didnt actually believe it. actually the company i work for delivers Liq. N2 toa guy here in omaha that actually does cryo tempering. and A LOT of it. Just wanted to make sure my ducks were in a row before calling B S. Thanks Sean

First off im a newbie to the whole knifemaking thing, but have been in the welding/welding sup. bus. for 21 years, so im not a complete idiot on metalworking and such. BUT this subject was on a camping/survival page, and I am kind of puzzled. The gist of the comment was "do you switch to...